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Right clicking on Computer and selecting Manage (asks for the administrator password and then) brings up the Computer Management console. From the Task Manager I can see that the name of the executable which is used to open this graphical user interface program is mmc.exe. However, if I type mmc.exe from the DOS command prompt to open the application it does not ask me for the administrator password and what I see looks different (there are a few more entries in the menubar, but the left-hand column displays an empty root folder and nothing more. Since I am new to MMC, I'd like to ask these questions:

  1. In order to run the program in the same way as right-clicking Computer and selecting Manage, what command line flags should I supply to mmc.exe on the command line?

  2. Why do these two instances of MMC look different?

Thanks.

John Sonderson
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MMCs are wonderful little sets of management tools that support snapins. Knowing which one does what can be a challenge.

Some MMCs are customized and you can save a configuration.

Another option is to use Microsofts built in MSCs, such as the one you are using.

When you right click "Computer" and click manage you are actually running compmgmt.msc.

Try launching compmgmt.msc from the command or run line and you will see the window you are looking for.

Austin T French
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